§ 2. Mr. HARCOURT JOHNSTONEasked the Home Secretary how many burglaries have been reported in the Metropolitan police district during the last six months, and how many convictions have been obtained?
§ Sir J. GILMOURStatistics of indictable offences are included in the annual reports of the Commissioner of Police and in the annual volumes of the Criminal Statistics, and I trust that the hon. Member will not press for the supply of special figures for periods other than the calendar year. The extra labour involved in compiling such special returns is great and out of proportion to the value of the information.
§ Mr. JOHNSTONEDo the figures of convictions for which I asked appear in that publication?
§ Sir J. GILMOURYes, Sir, I think so, but I will look into that point.